Rise in the Number of Terrorist Attacks in Burkina Faso

The number of terrorist attacks in the last four months of 2019 remained at the comparable levels of similar priods, although some observatories of the phenomenon reported that a partial decrease has occurred on the number of these attacks, but nevertheless the Republic of Burkina Faso, a member state of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, suffered a rise in the number of terrorist attacks in the second half of 2019. A statement issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that about 289,000 people had to flee their homes and live in shelters, three times the number that fled during the month of January. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross: «500,000 people couldn’t access health care since January due to terrorism. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the terrorist attacks witnessed by Burkina Faso on September 8, killing about 29 people and wounding many others. In condemning these attacks, the Secretary General of the organization, Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, stressed the organization›s support and solidarity with the government of Burkina Faso in the actions taken by Ouagadougou and its partners against terrorism and extremism in Burkina Faso and the Sahel region in general. The organization also condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred on November 6, 2019, targeting a civilian convoy of a mining company in the eastern region of Burkina Faso, killing 37 people and injuring dozens of others. In Mali, the OIC strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place on the night of 29-30 September 2019 in the towns of

Boulkessi and Mondoro in Mali against a barracks for the Malian armed forces division operating under the umbrella of the joint force of the G5 Sahel countries, during which 25 Malian soldiers were killed and many others were wounded. Al-Othaimeen reiterated the organization›s categorical rejection of violence in all its forms and manifestations, and issued an urgent appeal to all actors to prevail in the approach of dialogue and mutual understanding in settling the crises Mali. Also in Mali, the organization condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred on 01 November 2019 against a military site in the Menaka region, northeast of Mali, killing 53 soldiers and wounding many others. Secretary-General Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, expressed his condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the